Research Methods
Twitter
Looking at Twitter as a tool for research, I would say that It is subjective as people can write whatever they like on twitter so It is not necessarily accurate, similar to Wikipedia It should be used as a brief starting point for research to be backed up with accurate research from other sources. For example you can find out plans and events from local companies for you to attend and gain primary research, Or you could use it to find out some contact info for photographers, galleries or museums but again to be backed up with other more substantial research.
Twitter is easy to navigate and use with a simple search bar and #hashtag, system to filter results into categories when searched. Overall I would say that Twitter can be a good starting point for research but Is not to be used as firm reference.
Bradford media museum visit.
We went to Bradford to visit the Bradford ONE gallery and the National Media Museum, The ONE gallery had an interesting exhibition entitled "the quest for the man on the white donkey" It was a series of pin sharp images based on locations that were previously popular holiday resorts that have now been devastated by war.
Here is an article from digyorkshire.com about the exhibition.
"As recent events demonstrate, Israel and its surrounding territories have been an area of contention and dispute since the country's establishment in 1948. In this timely and highly relevant exhibition, Yaakov Israel takes us on a geographical and metaphorical journey across this complex land, offering one man’s viewpoint of the nation that shares his name.
The exhibition’s title was inspired by a chance encounter with a Palestinian man who rode past whilst Yaakov was photographing near the Dead Sea. The photographer says, ‘It was only after developing the photographic plate that I realised I had encountered my ‘Messiah’: in Orthodox Jewish tradition, the Messiah (the Prophet) will arrive riding on a white donkey’.
Yaakov’s large scale meticulously detailed images encourage us to appreciate the multi-faceted political and social state of this contested region, offering us a highly personal insight into spaces often overlooked by the world’s media. His images evoke an incomplete utopia: an abandoned, overgrown swimming pool in the Northern Judean Desert indicates long standing neglect, whilst a disconcerting armed presence at the Dead Sea Hilton reveals the tension now commonplace in this landscape of uncertainty. Yaakov’s images are filled with allusions to barriers, both physical and metaphoric, which serve as a constant reminder of the unsettled and indeterminate nature of the country itself.
Elsewhere, Yaakov reveals the peace and tranquility that also exists, with images of everyday occurrences such as gathering herbs in Haifa, or a moment of solitude bathing in the Sea of Galilee. These sights appear so idyllic one would be forgiven for not realising that beyond the frame, a deep-seated conflict rages on."
At the national media museum we went on a tour as the archives to learn about using them as a source for primary research, the museum has a huge archive of photography, film, radio and television that can be viewed upon request. My favorite thing that I saw in the archives was some of the early images by Fox Talbot as it interested me that Id seen original images from the birth of photography. THe rest of the museum gives a visitor a good look at the history of media, I found that a lot of it was directed towards children with interactive learning tools found all around the museum. It was nice to learn some more about where photography and media was born and how it has evolved over the many years.
Harvard reference:
Parenthetical referencing
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For the use of parenthetical referencing on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Parenthetical referencing
Parenthetical referencing, also known as Harvard referencing,[1]
is a citation style in which partial citations— for example (Smith 2010, p. 1)—are enclosed
within parentheses (round brackets) and embedded in the text, either within or after a sentence, as opposed
to the footnote style.
They are accompanied by a list of the full citations in alphabetical order in an end section,
which is usually
called "references," "reference list,"
"works cited" or "end-text citations."[2][3]
There are two styles of parenthetical referencing:
- Author-date: primarily used in the sciences and social sciences, and recommended by the
- American Chemical
- Society and the American Psychological Association (APA);
- Author-title or author-page: primarily used in the arts and the humanities, and recommended
- by the Modern Language Association (MLA).
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Referencing
Here is a tool for Harvard referencing
http://www.neilstoolbox.com/bibliography-creator/
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